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- - - - Josef Stalin had died in 1953, with Nikita Khrushchev taking over as the leader of the Soviet Union.
      - Under Stalin, Hungary's labour, land, and raw materials had been used to produce industrial goods, many of which had been sent straight to the Soviet Union.
      - Hungary was led by Matyas Rakosi from 1953 until the end of 1955. Hungary had become a 1 party state under Stalin, and then Rakosi's rule.
  - - - Nikita Khrushchev asked Imre Nagy to become the Hungarian Prime Minister. Nagy was a communist, but he was viewed as more liberal and open than Rakosi.
      - Imre Nagy's extreme reforms
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        However, Nagy was more extreme than Khrushchev had expected.
        
        Nagy announced plans to allow other political parties, end 1 party rule, and then in November 1956, announced that Hungary would be leaving the Warsaw Pact.
        
        These moves threatened the Soviet Union's control of Hungary and if they happened across Eastern Europe would wipe out the 'buffer' of satellite states that they had created.
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        Many East Germans were aware that living conditions were better and wages higher in West Berlin.
        
        Because West Berlin was a US-controlled haven in East Germany, people could move to East Berlin. Move to West Berlin. And then move to West Germany.
        
        Between 1952 and 1961, it is estimated that 3.5 million East Germans migrated to West Germany. Naa
        
        This was a propaganda defeat for the Soviets - people were leaving their territory and moving to American-controlled territory. It also caused a problem for East Germany. Skilled workers tended to leave East Germany, so East Germany's output, productivity and wealth didn't rise as much. There was a shortage of skilled labour.